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16  Christine Vaughen
	Class: Senior Hometown: Simi Valley, Calif. High School: Simi Valley Height: 6-2 Position: Middle Hitter Club: SMBC

Senior Season: Enjoyed a career season in her senior campaign, starting 35 matches and played in 126 sets • Registered 14 double-digit kill matches • Registered a team-high and career-best .560 hitting percentage with 14 kills and two blocks against Texas A&M (9/4/10) • Recorded a season-high 17 kills in a 3-1 win at Wake Forest (10/6/10) • Posted a season-best six blocks with 11 kills in a 3-1 win over Ball State (9/17/10) • Notched a season-high and matched a career-best with eight blocks in a 3-0 win over NC State (11/26/10).

Junior Season: Will redshirt in 2009 • Played in 88 sets and 30 matches at middle blocker • Ranked second on the team with a .296 hitting percentage and fifth on the squad with 184 kills • Tallied 14 solo blocks and 59 block assists, to finish third on the team with 73 total blocks • Ranked third on the team with 2.09 kills per game, including four double-digit kill games.

Sophomore Season: Played in 107 games at middle blocker • Led the team and ranked sixth in the ACC in hitting percentage with a .326 mark • Reached double figures in kills 11 times • Set a new career high in kills with 21 against American Sept. 8 • Earned all-tournament honors at the UNC Volleyball Classic as she finished with 43 kills in the three matches • Set a new career high with eight blocks against Utah on Aug. 31 • Also had eight blocks against Villanova Sept. 7 and Virginia Tech Nov. 10 • Named Most Improved Player at the year-end banquet.

Freshman Season: Appeared in 54 games over 13 matches for the Tar Heels • Had a career-best eight kills in three straight matches from Sept. 2 to Sept. 9 - against Loyola Marymount, Illinois and College of Charleston • Also established career highs of seven digs and five blocks in the Loyola Marymount match • Also had five blocks against NC State Sept. 15 • Finished the season with 54 kills and 23 blocks.

Prep: 2006 Female Scholar Athlete of the Year at Simi Valley High School • Four-year All-Marmonte League player • First team all-league performer as a junior and senior • Two-time team most valuable player.

Personal: Plans to double major in English and Journalims and Mass Communication with an emphasis in public relations • Lists snowboarding and surfing as her hobbies • Lists sushi as her favorite food and "Pride and Prejudice" as her favorite book • Has traveled to 28 countries • Favorite TV show is "Family Guy" and favorite movie is "Departed" • Christine Michelle Vaughen is the daughter of Lori and Stephen Vaughen • Born Jan. 13, 1988 in Tarzana, Calif.

Career Highs
Kills: 21 vs. American (9/8/07)
Blocks: 8 vs. NC State (11/26/10)

Notable Career Statistics